A Crack in the Edge of the World: America and the Great California Earthquake of 1906 by Simon Winchester

A Crack in the Edge of the World: America and the Great California Earthquake of 1906

Simon Winchester

462 pages first pub 2005 (editions)

nonfiction history science adventurous slow-paced

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In the early morning hours of April 18, 1906, San Francisco and its surrounding area were rocked by an earthquake that registered 8.25 on the Richter scale. Lasting just over a minute, the quake destroyed 490 city blocks, toppled 25,000 buildings,...

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